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EP1939791A2
EP1939791A2 EP07015278A EP07015278A EP1939791A2 EP 1939791 A2 EP1939791 A2 EP 1939791A2 EP 07015278 A EP07015278 A EP 07015278A EP 07015278 A EP07015278 A EP 07015278A EP 1939791 A2 EP1939791 A2 EP 1939791A2
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Mamoru Mochizuki
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  • the present invention relates to a printing apparatus and particularly to a printing apparatus that includes the function of detecting when pages to be printed are out of order and when there is a missing page.
  • page numbers are added as footer information to image information per page to be printed, the page numbers are sent to a print engine section, the page numbers included in the footer information of the received image information are checked in the print engine section against the number of pages to be printed next and, as a result of the check, printing is stopped when the page numbers and the number of pages to be printed next are not consistent, and printing is performed on the basis of image information from which the footer information has been deleted when the page numbers and the number of pages to be printed are consistent.
  • JP-A No. 2005-14364 when the technology of JP-A No. 2005-14364 is applied as technology that detects when the pages are out of order and when there is a missing page when image information is exchanged between plural processing units that perform various types of processing relating to printing with respect to image information, for example, the footer information is deleted from the image information when processing is performed by each processing unit, so sometimes the page numbers assigned to the image information change when the processed image information is transmitted to another processing unit, and sometimes the consistency between the image information and the page numbers assigned to that image information cannot be maintained.
  • the present invention has been made in order to address this problem and provides a printing apparatus that can maintain consistency between image information and page numbers with respect to that image information.
  • a first aspect of the present invention provides a printing apparatus comprising: an embedding unit that embeds identification information for identifying pages to be printed with respect to image information representing images per page to be printed on each page of a recording medium; and a processing unit which, when performing predetermined processing relating to printing with respect to each image information set in which the identification information has been embedded, determines whether or not the processing order is a predetermined page order on the basis of the identification information that has been embedded in each image information set and, when the processing order is the predetermined page order, performs the predetermined processing in a state where the identification information remains embedded with respect to the image information serving as the determination target.
  • a second aspect of the present invention provides a printing method comprising: embedding identification information for identifying pages to be printed in image information representing images per page to be printed on each page of a recording medium; determining whether or not a processing order is a predetermined page order on the basis of the identification information that has been embedded in each set of image information; and, when the processing order is the predetermined page order, performing predetermined processing relating to printing in a state where the identification information remains embedded with respect to the image information serving as the determination target.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown the general configuration of a printing apparatus 10 pertaining to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the printing apparatus 10 is disposed with a preprocessing device 11, a buffer device 15, a print engine section 13, a buffer device 16, and a post-processing device 12.
  • Roll-like continuous paper 20 wrapped around a core 20A is housed in the preprocessing device 11.
  • the preprocessing device 11 is configured to convey the continuous paper 20 in the longitudinal direction of the continuous paper and supply the continuous paper 20 to the buffer device 15.
  • wrap rollers 15A, 15B and 15C are disposed in the buffer device 15, and just the wrap roller 15B is configured to be movable up and down.
  • the continuous paper 20 conveyed from the preprocessing device 11 is wrapped in order onto the wrap rollers 15A, 15B and 15C and supplied to the print engine section 13 via the wrap rollers 15A, 15B and 15C.
  • the buffer device 15 absorbs differences in the conveyance speed by causing the wrap roller 15B to move up and down when the conveyance speed of the continuous paper 20 supplied from the preprocessing device 11 and the conveyance speed of the continuous paper 20 supplied to the print engine section 13 are different.
  • a first developing unit 21, a second developing unit 23, a first fixing unit 26 and a second fixing unit 27 are disposed in the print engine section 13.
  • a conveyance path 29 along which the continuous paper 20 is conveyed in the order of the first developing unit 21, the second developing unit 23, the first fixing unit 26 and the second fixing unit 27 is also formed in the print engine section 13.
  • the first developing unit 21 and the first fixing unit 26 face one side of the continuous paper 20 conveyed along the conveyance path 29, and the second developing unit 23 and the second fixing unit 27 face the other side of the continuous paper 20.
  • a photoconductor drum 22 is disposed in the first developing unit 21, and a photoconductor drum 24 is disposed in the second developing unit 23.
  • the electrophotographic process is applied to form images (toner images) corresponding to image information on the photoconductor drums 22 and 24.
  • transfer rolls 25 are disposed facing the photoconductor drums 22 and 24.
  • the continuous paper 20 is nipped by and held between the photoconductor drum 22 and the transfer roll 25, and the image formed on the photoconductor drum 22 is transferred to one side of the continuous paper 20.
  • the continuous paper 20 is nipped by and held between the photoconductor drum 24 and the transfer roll 25, and the image formed on the photoconductor drum 24 is transferred to the other side of the continuous paper 20.
  • Heating means 28 such as halogen lamps are disposed facing the continuous paper 20 in the first fixing unit 26 and the second fixing unit 27.
  • the heating means 28 heat the surface of the continuous paper 20 to cause the images (toners) that have been transferred to the continuous paper 20 to be fused and fixed to the continuous paper 20.
  • the print engine section 13 is configured to be capable of printing on both the front and back sides of the continuous paper 20.
  • the first developing unit 21 and the second developing unit 23 may be configured to form a full-color image using toners of the respective colors of yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C) and black (K) or be configured to form a monochromatic image using toner of a color such as black.
  • first developing unit 21 and the first fixing unit 26 or the second developing unit 23 and the second fixing unit 27 may be omitted such that printing is performed just on one side of the continuous paper 20.
  • the continuous paper 20 on which the images have been formed by the print engine section 13 is conveyed to the buffer device 16.
  • wrap rolls 16A, 16B and 16C are disposed in the buffer device 16, and just the wrap roll 16B is configured to be movable up and down.
  • the continuous paper 20 conveyed from the print engine section 13 is wrapped in order onto the wrap rolls 16C, 16B and 16A and supplied to the post-processing device 12 via the wrap rolls 16C, 16B and 16A.
  • the buffer device 16 absorbs differences in the conveyance speed by causing the wrap roller 16B to move up and down when the conveyance speed of the continuous paper 20 supplied from the print engine section 13 and the conveyance speed of the continuous paper 20 supplied to the post-processing device 12 are different.
  • the post-processing device 12 takes up and recovers the continuous paper 20 supplied from the buffer device 16.
  • the recovered continuous paper 20 is cut into pages by an unillustrated cutting device.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown the configuration of a control system that controls the printing operation of the printing apparatus 10 pertaining to the present exemplary embodiment.
  • the printing apparatus 10 is disposed with a printing control unit 30, a data input unit 31, a first spool 32, a data converting unit 33, a buffer memory 34, a layout determining unit 35, a rasterizing unit 36, a second spool 39, and a print engine control unit 42.
  • the printing control unit 30 is connected to the print engine control unit 42, receives status and other information of the print engine section 13 sent from the print engine control unit 42, and manages the state of the print engine section 13.
  • the printing control unit 30 is also connected to an operation panel 43 disposed on the printing apparatus 10.
  • the operation panel 43 is configured to receive various types of designated input relating to printing from a user. Operation information received by the operation panel 43 is inputted from the operation panel 43 to the printing control unit 30.
  • the printing apparatus 10 pertaining to the present exemplary embodiment is configured to be capable of printing images of multiple pages in regions of one page of the continuous paper 20 (so-called N-UP printing), and instructions relating to the number of pages (page count) assigned to regions of one page of the continuous paper 20 and the layout of the images are inputted to the operation panel 32.
  • the printing control unit 30 outputs, to the layout determining unit 35, layout information representing the page count and the layout of the images inputted to the operation panel 43.
  • the data input unit 31 is connected to a client device (not shown) via a network, and printing information is inputted to the data input unit 31 from the client device.
  • the printing information includes image information described by page description language (PDL) representing images per page to be printed on each page of the continuous paper 20 and attribute information representing image size and printing conditions per page.
  • PDL page description language
  • the data input unit 31 correlates the image information and the attribute information per page and stores the image information and the attribute information in the first spool 32.
  • the data converting unit 33 sequentially reads the image information that has been stored in the first spool 32 per page and the attribute information that has been correlated with that image information and converts the read image information into image information of an intermediate code format. Specifically, the data converting unit 33 converts the image information described by various types of page description language such as postscripts (PS) into image information of an intermediate code format employed inside the apparatus. Additionally, the data converting unit 33 correlates the image information that has been converted into the intermediate code format with the attribute information that has been correlated with the image information serving as the source of that converted image information and stores the image information and the attribute information in the buffer memory 34.
  • PS postscripts
  • the layout determining unit 35 determines, on the basis of layout information inputted from the printing control unit 30, how to lay out (assign) on the continuous paper 20 the images represented by each image information set stored in the buffer memory 34. Specifically, for example, the layout determining unit 35 determines with what orientation and size the images represented by each image information set are to be laid out on the continuous paper 20. The layout determining unit 35 outputs the determined layout information to the rasterizing unit 36.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 reads, on the basis of the layout information inputted from the layout determining unit 35 and in the printing order when printing on the continuous paper 20, the image information that has been stored in the buffer memory 34 and the attribute information that has been correlated with that image information and sequentially converts the read image information of the intermediate code format to raster data of the orientation and size represented by the layout information.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 correlates the converted raster data with the attribute information that has been correlated with the image information serving as the source of that raster data and sequentially stores the raster data and the attribute information in the second spool 39.
  • the print engine control unit 42 prints images on the continuous paper 20 by reading, in the printing order, the raster data that has been stored in the second spool 39 and the attribute information that has been correlated with that raster data and controlling the print engine section 13 on the basis of the read raster data and attribute information.
  • identification information for identifying each page is embedded with respect to the image information and the attribute information in order to detect when the pages to be printed are out of order and when there is a missing page.
  • the printing apparatus 10 detects when the pages are out of order and when there is a missing page by determining whether or not the processing order is a predetermined page order on the basis of the identification information that has been embedded in each image information set. Further, the printing apparatus 10 also determines the consistency between the image information and the attribute information by determining whether or not the identification information embedded in the image information and the identification information embedded in the attribute information match.
  • FIG. 4 there is schematically shown an example of the data structure of the identification information embedded in the image information and the attribute information pertaining to the present exemplary embodiment.
  • the identification information pertaining to the present exemplary embodiment includes an inputted information region, a reset flag region, an inputted logical page number region, an intermediate format logical page number region, an N-UP logical page number region, an N-UP physical page number region, and a raster data logical page number region.
  • Device information for identifying the client device that has transmitted printing information is stored in the inputted information region.
  • a predetermined value is set in the reset flag region when resetting (initializing) the page number stored in the intermediate format logical page number region, the N-UP logical page number region, the N-UP physical page number region and the raster data logical page number region.
  • the inputted logical page number region is a region in which is stored the page number in the page order of each image information set included in the printing information that has been received from the client device.
  • the intermediate format logical page number region is a region in which is stored the page number in the page order of each image information set that has been converted into the intermediate code format.
  • the N-UP logical page number region is a region in which is stored the page number in the page order in which the images represented by each image information set are to be printed.
  • the N-UP physical page number region is a region in which is stored the physical page number of the continuous paper 20 on which the images represented by each image information set are to be laid out.
  • the raster data logical page number region is a region in which is stored the page number in the printing order of each raster data set.
  • the data input unit 31 When printing information is inputted to the data input unit 31 from the client device, the data input unit 31 counts, in the page order, the image information and the attribute information included in that printing information. Then, the data input unit 31 embeds, with respect to the image information and the attribute information, the identification information in whose inputted logical page number regions the count values have been stored as page numbers, correlates the image information and the attribute information per page, and stores the image information and the attribute information in the first spool 32.
  • FIG. 5 there is shown the flow of embedding processing by which the data input unit 31 embeds the identification information with respect to the image information and the attribute information. It will be noted that this embedding processing is executed each time printing information is inputted.
  • step 100 of FIG. 5 the data input unit 31 initializes the count value to zero.
  • the data input unit 31 reads the image information and the attribute information of one page included in the printing information per page.
  • the data input unit 31 embeds, with respect to the image information and the attribute information, the identification information in whose inputted logical page number region the count value has been stored as a page number with respect to the read image information and attribute information. Itwill be noted that, in step 104, when the count value is zero, the data input unit 31 stores the above-described predetermined value that instructs resetting in the reset flag region of the identification information.
  • the data input unit 31 embeds the identification information as a processing step where no processing is performed, such as an NOP command.
  • the data input unit 31 embeds the identification information as a processing step where no processing is performed, such as an NOP command.
  • the data input unit 31 correlates the image information and attribute information in which the identification information has been embedded and stores the image information and the attribute information in the first spool 32.
  • the data input unit 31 determines whether or not embedding of identification information with respect to all of the image information included in the printing information has been completed. When the determination is NO, then the data input unit 31 moves to step 110, and when the determination is YES, then the data input unit 31 ends processing.
  • step 110 the data input unit 31 increments the count value and returns to step 102.
  • the data converting unit 33 reads, in the page order, the image information that has been stored in the first spool 32 and the attribute information that has been correlated with that image information, performs conversion processing to convert the read image information into image information of the intermediate code format, and determines whether or not the page numbers stored in the inputted logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the image information count up one at a time. When the page numbers do not count up, then the data converting unit 33 regards this as indicating that the pages are out of order or that there is a missing page and notifies the printing control unit 30.
  • the printing control unit 30 displays a message or the like on an unillustrated display device such as a display and notifies the user that an error has occurred.
  • the data converting unit 33 determines whether or not the page numbers stored in the inputted logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the image information and the attribute information match. When the page numbers do not match, then the data converting unit 33 regards this as indicating that there is inconsistency between the image information and the attribute information and notifies the printing control unit 30.
  • FIG. 6 there is shown the flow of determination processing by which the data converting unit 33 determines whether or not the pages are out of order and whether or not there is a missing page and determines the consistency between the image information and the attribute information. It will be noted that this determination processing is executed each time the data converting unit 33 reads the image information of one page and the attribute information correlated with that image information.
  • step 200 of FIG. 6 the data converting unit 33 determines whether or not the page numbers stored in the inputted logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the read image information and attribute information match. When the determination is YES, then the data converting unit 33 moves to step 202, and when the determination is NO, then the data converting unit 33 regards this as indicating that there is an inconsistency and moves to step 212. In step 212, the data converting unit 33 notifies the printing control unit 30 that there is an inconsistency.
  • step 202 the data converting unit 33 determines whether or not the above-described predetermined value that instructs resetting has been stored in the reset flag region of the identification information embedded in the image information. When the determination is YES, then the data converting unit 33 moves to step 208, and when the determination is NO, then the data converting unit 33 moves to step 204.
  • step 204 the data converting unit 33 increments the count value that counts the image information.
  • step 206 the data converting unit 33 determines whether or not the page number stored in the inputted logical page number region of the identification information embedded in the image information counts up by one from the page number stored in the inputted logical page number region of the image information that had served as the processing target when the previous determination processing was performed.
  • the data converting unit 33 moves to step 210, and when the determination is NO, then the data converting unit 33 regards this as indicating that the pages are out of order or that there is a missing page and moves to step 212.
  • step 212 the data converting unit 33 notifies the printing control unit 30 that the pages are out of order or that there is a missing page.
  • step 208 the data converting unit 33 initializes the count value to zero.
  • step 210 the data converting unit 33 stores the count value as a page number in the intermediate format logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the image information and the attribute information and ends processing.
  • the data converting unit 33 converts the image information into image information of the intermediate code format, correlates the converted image information and the attribute information that has been correlated with the image information serving as the source of that converted image information, and stores the image information and the attribute information in the buffer memory 34.
  • the layout determining unit 35 determines, on the basis of the layout information inputted from the printing control unit 30, how to lay out on the continuous paper 20 the images represented by each set image information set stored in the buffer memory 34, similar to the data converting unit 33, the layout determining unit 35 determines whether or not the pages are out of order, whether or not there is a missing page, and the consistency between the image information and the attribute information by determining whether or not the page numbers stored in the intermediate format logical page number region of the identification information embedded in the image information count up one at a time and whether or not the page numbers stored in the intermediate format logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the image information and the attribute information match.
  • the layout determining unit 35 determines how to lay out on the continuous paper 20 the images represented by each image information set and outputs the determined layout information to the rasterizing unit 36. Further, the layout determining unit 35 stores the page numbers corresponding to the determined layout positions of the images with respect to the N-UP physical page number regions and the N-UP logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in each image information set and each attribute information set stored in the buffer memory 34.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 reads, in the page order when printing on the continuous paper 20, the image information that has been stored in the buffer memory 34 and the attribute information that has been correlated with that image information. Additionally, when the rasterizing unit 36 performs conversion processing to convert the read image information of the intermediate code format into raster data, similar to the data converting unit 33, the rasterizing unit 36 determines whether or not the pages are out of order, whether or not there is a missing page, and the consistency between the image information and the attribute information by determining whether or not the page numbers stored in the N-UP logical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the image information count up one at a time, determining whether or not the page numbers stored in the N-UP physical page number regions count up one at a time in units by which the pages of the continuous paper 20 switch, and determining whether or not the page numbers stored in the N-UP logical page number regions and the N-UP physical page number regions of the identification information embedded in the image information and the attribute information match.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 sequentially converts the image information of the intermediate code format into raster data of the orientation and size represented by the layout information. It will be noted that the rasterizing unit 36 of the present exemplary embodiment converts the image information into raster data and, as shown in FIG. 9 , embeds identification information with respect to the raster data by adding identification information to the first one line and/or the last one line of the image represented by the raster data.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 converts the image information into raster data of the orientation and size represented by the layout information by excluding as a processing target with respect to the raster data the line in which the identification information has been embedded and performing image processing to rotate the image and conversion processing to convert the resolution of the image.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 correlates the converted raster data with the attribute information that has been correlated with the image information serving as the source of that raster data and sequentially stores the raster data and the attribute information in the second spool 39.
  • the print engine control unit 42 prints the images on the continuous paper 20 by controlling the print engine section 13 on the basis of the raster data and the attribute information stored in the second spool 39.
  • the rasterizing unit 36 pertaining to the present exemplary embodiment excludes as a processing target the line in which the identification information of the image represented by the raster data has been embedded, or replaces the line in which the identification information has been embedded with blank space, and controls the print engine section 13.
  • the printing apparatus 10 when the printing apparatus 10 embeds page numbers for identifying the pages to be printed with respect to image information representing images per page to be printed on each page of the continuous paper 20 and continuously performs predetermined processing relating to printing with respect to each image information set in which the page numbers have been embedded, the printing apparatus 10 determines whether or not the processing order is a predetermined page order on the basis of the identification information that has been embedded in each image information set and, when the processing order is the predetermined page order, performs the predetermined processing in a state where the identification information remains embedded with respect to the image information serving as the determination target, whereby the printing apparatus 10 can maintain the consistency between the image information and the page numbers with respect to that image information.
  • the printing apparatus 10 further embeds the identification information with respect to the attribute information and determines whether or not the identification information that has been embedded in the image information and the identification information that has been embedded in the attribute information that has been correlated with that image information match, whereby the printing apparatus 10 can maintain the consistency between the image information and the attribute information.
  • the present invention is not limited to this and may also be configured to determine whether or not the page numbers stored in the identification information are a predetermined page order in the data input unit 31.
  • the present invention is not limited to this and may also be configured to form an image including the line in which the identification information has been embedded.
  • the present invention is not limited to this and may also be configured to add the identification information as a line on a side surface of the image or to add the identification information to the first line, the last line and a line on the side surface. Further, the number of lines is also not limited to one line.
  • the printing apparatus 10 pertaining to the present exemplary embodiment, a case was described where the printing apparatus 10 performed image processing to rotate the images and conversion processing to convert the resolution of the images excluding as a processing target the line in which the identification information has been embedded, but the present invention is not limited to this and may also perform compression processing of the image information, for example.
  • the printing apparatus 10 performed with respect to the raster data image processing to rotate the images excluding as a processing target the line in which the identification information has been embedded, but the present invention is not limited to this and may also perform image processing that rotates the images represented by the raster data in a state where the line in which the identification information has been embedded is included and perform processing where rotation angle information representing the angle by which those images have been rotated is included in the attribute information that has been correlated with that image information.
  • the rotation angle of the line in which the identification information has been embedded can be understood from the rotation angle information included in the attribute information, so the consistency between the image information and the page numbers with respect to that image information can be maintained.
  • the present invention is not limited to this and may also be configured such that the data input unit 31 causes the printing information inputted from the client device to be stored in the first spool 32 as is, the data converting unit 33 converts the image information included in the printing information to image information of the intermediate code format, counts the image information in the page order, and embeds, with respect to the image information and the attribute information, the identification information in whose inputted logical page number regions the count values have been stored as page numbers.
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and when attribute information is not included in the printing information, for example, the identification information may be embedded just in the image information. Further, the data input unit 31 may also generate attribute information corresponding to the image information and embed the identification information.
  • the configuration of the printing apparatus 10 described in the present exemplary embodiment (see FIG. 1 ) and the configuration of the control system of the printing apparatus 10 (see FIG. 2 ) are merely examples and may of course be appropriately altered within a range that does not depart from the gist of the present invention.
  • the data structure of the identification information (see FIG. 4 ) described in the present exemplary embodiment is also merely an example and may of course be appropriately altered within a range that does not depart from the gist of the present invention.
  • the flows of the embedding processing (see FIG. 5 ) and the determination processing (see FIG. 6 ) described in the present exemplary embodiment are also merely examples and may of course be appropriately altered within a range that does not depart from the gist of the present invention.
  • the printing apparatus embeds identification information for identifying the pages to be printed with respect to image information, determines whether or not the processing order is a predetermined page order on the basis of the identification information that has been embedded in each image information set and, when the processing order is the predetermined page order, performs predetermined processing in a state where the identification information remains embedded with respect to the image information serving as the determination target, whereby the printing apparatus has the excellent effect that it can maintain the consistency between the image information and the page numbers with respect to that image information.

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